So, I was just wondering whether FIGURATIVELY being "kicked to the curb" is really all that different from LITERALLY being kicked to the curb.
How would you define either and what situations would you qualify as "being kicked to the curb"?
... and obviously, whoever came up with the phrase must have thought there were some distinct similarities between the two.
Let's say for example, you have been dating someone for quite some time. Things were going really well until you notice there is a distance growing between you. As the distance grows, so does your curiosity. And your trust?... Well, your trust follows suit, just in the opposite direction. Is it fair? No, but the findings from your potential investigation may not be either. So, you pursue and you discover there is someone else. I need not go further with this story, but would you agree that this situation may evoke the classification "being kicked to the curb" - in a figurative sense?
Now let's say that you (having discovered the news) pack his or her sh*t up, remove it from the living space you both share, and tell 'em to "keep it movin". From "his or her" standpoint, does this circumstance warrant the classification "being kicked to the curb" - in a literal sense?
I invite you to think about both circumstances and what kinds of feelings, emotions, and reactions either situation might elicit. Are they really all that different? Might one feel abandoned, displaced (or replaced), or even frustrated? Might one question the fairness of the circumstances? I'm not sure...
... Just curious.
How would you define either and what situations would you qualify as "being kicked to the curb"?
... and obviously, whoever came up with the phrase must have thought there were some distinct similarities between the two.
Let's say for example, you have been dating someone for quite some time. Things were going really well until you notice there is a distance growing between you. As the distance grows, so does your curiosity. And your trust?... Well, your trust follows suit, just in the opposite direction. Is it fair? No, but the findings from your potential investigation may not be either. So, you pursue and you discover there is someone else. I need not go further with this story, but would you agree that this situation may evoke the classification "being kicked to the curb" - in a figurative sense?
Now let's say that you (having discovered the news) pack his or her sh*t up, remove it from the living space you both share, and tell 'em to "keep it movin". From "his or her" standpoint, does this circumstance warrant the classification "being kicked to the curb" - in a literal sense?
I invite you to think about both circumstances and what kinds of feelings, emotions, and reactions either situation might elicit. Are they really all that different? Might one feel abandoned, displaced (or replaced), or even frustrated? Might one question the fairness of the circumstances? I'm not sure...
... Just curious.
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